SnootGame/game/src/chapter_select.rpy

define chapter_tuple = [
    ("1. First Day of School", "chapter_1"),
    ("2. Meeting the Band", "chapter_2"),
    ("3. Band Practice", "chapter_3"),
    ("4. Music Class", "chapter_4"),
    ("5. Gardening Club / Heart to Heart", "chapter_5"), # This is supposed to be split in 2 chapters, but maybe making tons of save files stop working would be too much to ask
    ("6. Not a Date", "chapter_6"),
    ("7. Concert Day", "chapter_7"),
    ("8. Study Session", "chapter_8"),
    ("9. VVURM DRAMA", "chapter_9"),
    ("10. Confession", "chapter_10"),
    ("11. Naser drama", "chapter_11")
]

define ending_1_tuple = [
    ("11.5. Announcing a Plan", "lPromAnnouncement"), # this is supposed to be ch 12 (13, accounting for ch 5), but it somehow got counted as part of 11 internally
    ("12. Let's all go to the Museum", "chapter_12A"),
    ("13. Prom is Complicated", "chapter_12_5D"),
    ("14. Bowling for Volcano High", "chapter_14A")
]

define ending_2_tuple = [
    ("11.5. Announcing Nothing Important", "lPromAnnouncement"),
    ("12. Let's all go to a Concert", "chapter_12B"),
    ("13. Prom is For Suckers", "chapter_13B"),
    ("14. Anon and the Infinite Sadness", "chapter_14B")
]

define ending_3_tuple = [
    ("11.5. Announcing a Date", "lPromAnnouncement"),
    ("12. Let's all go Camping", "chapter_12C"),
    ("13. Prom is Suprising", "chapter_12_5C"),
    ("14. Volcano Highschool Musical", "chapter_14C")
]

define ending_4_tuple = [
    ("11.5. Announcing a Show.", "lPromAnnouncement"),
    ("12. Let's all go to the Aquarium", "chapter_12D"),
    ("13. Prom is Memorable", "chapter_12_5D"),
    ("14. Fast Times at Volcano High", "chapter_14D")
]


label chapter_select:
    $ quick_menu = False # Hides bottom quick menu UI

    $ anonscore = 0
    $ fangscore = 0

    camera:
        yanchor 0.0 xanchor 0.0 rotate None zoom 1.0
        matrixcolor None

    stop ambient
    stop ambient1
    stop ambient2
    stop ambient3
    stop sound
    stop music
    stop music1
    stop music2
    scene black
    with Dissolve(0.25)

    jump chapter_select_go_back # Technically we don't need to explicitly jump to the label just below here, but doing so anyway for clarity

label chapter_select_go_back:

    menu:
        "What ending do you want to lock to?"

        "Ending 1":
            $ ending_route_number = 1
        "Ending 2":
            $ ending_route_number = 2
        "Ending 3":
            $ ending_route_number = 3
        "Ending 4":
            $ ending_route_number = 4
        "Exit to main menu":
            scene black with Dissolve(0.25)
            return
    
    window auto hide

    $ select_chapter()


init python:

    # Some of this would be much easier to do if we could just reorganize how the chapters are laid out, but breaking translations is way more of a hassle to fix

    def select_chapter():
        global current_chapter, quick_menu, ending_route_number, chapter_list_index, chapter_list, ending_chapters_determined, chapter_list_length

        selected_label = display_chapter_choices() # Returns a label of the chapter to jump to
        
        setup_ending(ending_route_number) # Add ending chapters to chapter control list

        # Find the index position of the selected chapter
        try:
            chapter_list_index = chapter_list.index(selected_label)
        except ValueError: # This crashes the game otherwise since it wouldn't find the correct chapter
    
            # Make an exception for the 11A/B/C/D chapters, since we're technically supposed to start at the lPromAnnouncement label
            # Stank as fuck
            if selected_label == "lPromAnnouncement":
                chapter_list_index = 10
                current_chapter = "chapter_11"

                toggle_debug()
                quick_menu = True

                renpy.call("lPromAnnouncement")
            else:
                print("No such chapter exists!")
                MainMenu(confirm=False) () # Exits to the main menu

        current_chapter = selected_label

        # Start playing the game
        toggle_debug()
        quick_menu = True # Restores the bottom quick menu UI

        renpy.call(current_chapter)
    
    def display_chapter_choices():
        # Vars for displaying the choices
        ending_tuples = {
            1: ending_1_tuple,
            2: ending_2_tuple,
            3: ending_3_tuple,
            4: ending_4_tuple
        }

        final_chapter_tuple = chapter_tuple + ending_tuples[ending_route_number] # Chapter list to select from

        current_page = 0
        chapters_per_page = 6

        # The range of choices to display
        start_index = 0
        end_index = chapters_per_page

        while True:
            # Displays the choices
            selected_label = renpy.display_menu(final_chapter_tuple[start_index:end_index] + [("Next Page", "chapter_select_next_page"), ("Go Back", "chapter_select_go_back")])

            if selected_label == "chapter_select_next_page":
                # If we're at the last page, wrap around to the first
                current_page = 0 if end_index == len(final_chapter_tuple) else (current_page + 1)
                
                start_index = chapters_per_page * current_page
                end_index = min(start_index + chapters_per_page, len(final_chapter_tuple))

            # Exit to ending selection
            elif selected_label == "chapter_select_go_back":
                renpy.jump("chapter_select_go_back")

            # We've selected a chapter
            else:
                return selected_label